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JOHN JEREMIAH TILL
Private · U.S. Marine Corps
September 19, 1949 – July 28, 1968
Service recordJohn Jeremiah Till, of Pasco, Washington, served as a Private in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 28, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 28
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 19, 1949
- Home of record
- Pasco, Washington (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1968; 26 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 28
- ALBERT PRESLEY SMITHSergeant · July 28, 1968
- WILLIAM STANLEY SMOYERSecond Lieutenant · July 28, 1968
- RICHARD EDWARD URBANLance Corporal · July 28, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM ZUEHLSDORFFirst Lieutenant · July 28, 1968
From Pasco
- JOE ALAN WHITBYSergeant · March 5, 1967
- GUY FRANKLIN BROOKSSpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- DUANE ROGER COTTINGHAMLance Corporal · June 13, 1968
- RICHARD THOMAS FORESTERPrivate First Class · March 9, 1969
- JASPER H TRUSLEY JRSpecialist Four · June 9, 1969
- DAVID RAYMOND BRUCELance Corporal · December 21, 1969
- HARRY GREGG FLIEGERSergeant · May 8, 1970
- GARY WAYNE COKLEYSergeant · November 2, 1970
- RONALD KENNETH SCHULZChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 13, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.